From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 860A0C433EF for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:46:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236037AbiF3RqZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:46:25 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:39750 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235857AbiF3RqX (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:46:23 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2880B36681; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 10:46:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DAC85B82CA6; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:46:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4A356C341CA; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:46:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1656611179; bh=Rw8NVSmOhVgPgEB7d+qSSTT8iamB0Ukg28mZj2wZjn0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=m3e9P03GjXeUEASBp5p/ArVk+QYSFKNXcE87s8DjwCPKWbvUXGBXsGlxpPbMA4gwq /jv1aPgAlK70Zaa5SzbN1WLWx21hzHAyyrRPqizhssks/zSKSJuhY2LlvdCA9wDQp/ fclgNPuJt9De5s7N0eZbJ1WYIaQs3qGUzoBYqO+N+KoF9+tsSNXufO0D1k2W7IPNaD 9tVnNbjtx5fr7ZgWY7r5fCSTb0M3XBB+S9XBTTcOQuB7a8+hu1fQGvIYGCSLJudJss A4gnSLgLxz10S0KuHf+yEGo2f0zonXYhfUHgJsy0fcILYooed5i7NAqqfBp3mDZvO/ zVcN6vARArv1g== From: Jakub Kicinski To: davem@davemloft.net Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com, corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski Subject: [PATCH net 3/3] docs: netdev: add a cheat sheet for the rules Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 10:46:07 -0700 Message-Id: <20220630174607.629408-4-kuba@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.36.1 In-Reply-To: <20220630174607.629408-1-kuba@kernel.org> References: <20220630174607.629408-1-kuba@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Summarize the rules we see broken most often and which may be less familiar to kernel devs who are used to working outside of netdev. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index 7fb5100d195d..e57eb5bd3692 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ netdev FAQ ========== +tl;dr +----- + + - designate your patch to a tree - ``[PATCH net]`` or ``[PATCH net-next]`` + - for fixes the ``Fixes:`` tag is required, regardless of the tree + - don't post large series (> 15 patches), break them up + - don't repost your patches within one 24h period + - reverse xmas tree + What is netdev? --------------- It is a mailing list for all network-related Linux stuff. This -- 2.36.1